"We will try and rob them of anything valuable that is quick to be removed.

"So all the dead cars from the day get worked on in that one area.

"If something is declared dead — it cannot be fixed, it cannot be raised from the dead — then it's just open slather: take what you want."

He said transplants from dead cars could be life-saving for others.

"This particular car had destroyed its clutch and ended up wearing the clutch, fly wheel, gear box, gear linkages, which were manufactured and messed around with overnight, from a completely different car."

An emotional connection to the rally cars

There can be a special connection between the rally contestants and the cause they are driving for.

Mr Hallowell got involved with the rally's parent event five years ago, when he and his sister wanted to do something for their grandmother suffering from cancer.

"We did the first year with our grandma very much in our thoughts and she died before the second year," he said.